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I know build costs are high these days, but I'm thinking about doing a very basic duplex with a blend of sub-contracting and doing some work ourselves (siding, drywall, painting). No garage, two story, side by side, ...
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Has your home or investment been broken into? How worried are you about it?How do you protect your properties in the rougher neighborhoods? Metal bars, security systems, cameras,...? Or just don't worry about it, if y...
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When your taxes and insurance are already coming out of your mortgage, do you need to include them in the expenses on top of your mortgage payment? Seems to me that you wouldn't include them in addition to the mortgag...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $38,000
Cash invested: $142,000
I purchased both buildings for $38,000.00 then proceeded to put $142,000.0...
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I have a lot of concerns about cryptos in general. What if the Fed creates a block chain digi-dollar. Trades at the value of $1 us dollar. It would virtually eliminate the need for all other currencies globally. T...
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We are moving up from SFR to multifamily on our next purchase of a rental property. We are somewhat skilled at evaluating a SFR, using all the tools, comps, etc., but it is not clear to us how to evaluate the 2-4 uni...
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Greetings,Just starting in the Real estate Investing world. Trying to find my first duplex. I have hit some road blocks. I look at duplexes and its really hard for me to believe that some of the duplexes can be rented...
Hello BP,I want to become a hard money lender in South Florida but want to meet local HML's and talk about the ins and outs.If you live in SoFla and would like a free lunch to share some of your thoughts please let me...
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Dear Forum,My friend lives in the Bay Area and is preparing to relocate. I would like to get everyone's opinion on how he should make his next move. He has about 550,000 dollars to spend. Should he buy a 3,000 sq ft h...
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I have some questions about developing a lot for a fast casual concept next to a McDonalds.